known good utility to track installed/uninstalled files?

[trenchfoot]

do any of you fellow AT'ers know of a good utility that can show what/where files get installed after an .exe? also, what files get left behind after an uninstall? thanks all.

 

[c0rv1d43]

There's a really simple freeware utility published by PC Magazine. It's called InCtrl5. It can keep a record of all changes made to the system's file complement, and all alterations made to the registry hives and even the ini files. To find out what wasn't removed by an uninstall procedure you'd have to go through the list it generates manually to see what was left behind. It can definitely be worth it, particular when you're talking about registry entries.

The utility works very well, and I trust myself to use it far more than I would trust any of the automated third party uninstaller applications.

If you're interested, go to http://www.pcmag.com/utilities/ and click the "more utilities" links. I believe the utility is located about three or four pages back into the archive.

 

[trenchfoot]

c0rv, that is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks much.

 

[c0rv1d43]

You're welcome. Hope it works well for you.

- Collin